A Russian thinktank has predicted that China will be the fourth biggest buyer of weapons from Russia between 2013 and 2016, falling from the second place it held during the 2005 to 2013 period, according to a China Times. The Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade stated in a report released on Dec. 13 […]
Prim Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government ordered the Iraq border with Syria closed on Tuesday to aid a massive military operation hunting for al-Qaeda and militant hideouts in the western desert of Iraq. Iraq’s Prime Minister Maliki has been a strong supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and reports suggested that his government was facilitating the transfer […]
Five people, including a new anchor, were killed in a suicide bombing on Monday after armed militants stormed a TV complex in Tikrit, Iraq, according to CNN. A car bomb exploded outside the Salaheddin TV station, and the local offices of al Iraqiya state TV in Tikrit. The militants stormed the offices, and a suicide […]
By John Lee. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has today discontinued its proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria against Charles Stott and Michael Long for alleged breaches of their duties as officers of AWB Limited -- formerly the Australian Wheat Board -- in connection with the United Nations Oil for Food Programme in […]
From The World Bank. A new project will reduce traffic fatalities by nearly 25 percent on two transport corridors connecting Iraq to its northern, southern and western neighbors and beyond. The US$355 million Iraq Transport Corridors Project, approved by the World Bank Board of Directors on Thursday, will improve road quality and safety and promote […]
The US Army has issued an $18.5-million contract to Texas-based Bell Helicopter Textron to supply an additional six months of contractor logistics support for the Bell 407 (pictured), UH-1 Huey, 206 JetRanger and OH-58 (A and C models) in Al Taji, Iraq. Work will take place in Iraq and at Piney Flats, Tenn., with a […]
By John Lee. A US man who helped steal two 10-ton electrical generators from a military base in Iraq in four years ago has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $352,111 in restitution. Ruebin S. Thomas, a former civilian contractor, had pleaded guilty to stealing the two generators from the […]
Building on the theme of UTN1’s music video “While We Can,” the Iraqi Children Foundation (ICF) is launching a year-end fundraising campaign to raise $15,000 for food, tutoring, and a safe place for Iraqi orphans and street children to go during the day. After 10 years of war in Iraq, bombings and killing are on […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. At least 92 people have been killed and 161 wounded in a string of deadly attacks across Iraq, security sources told Al Jazeera, in attacks mostly targeting Shia Muslims, who mark a big […]
By Mushreq Abbas for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. On Dec. 8, the body of Yasser Faisal al-Jumaili, an Iraqi photojournalist who was executed by al-Qaeda in Syria, arrived in Fallujah. Only one day before the arrival of the body, […]
By Amal Sakr for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. "Living in a jungle ruled by men." This is how Dahaa al-Rawi, the chair of the Women's Committee in the local Baghdad government, described the status of women in Iraq. Women […]
By John Lee. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has signed a $1.1 billion contract with Iraq to export T-50 supersonic advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft. The deal for the 24 aircraft, which includes the training of Iraqi pilots, was signed today in Baghdad by KAI's President and CEO, Ha Sung-yong, Defense Acquisition Program Administration's […]
